SAN DIEGO (AP) — Rowdy Tellez homered twice and drove in four runs, while Christian Yelich also homered and one of six doubles that lifted the Milwaukee Brewers to an 11-2 victory Friday night. about the San Diego Padres.
The Brewers – leaders of the central division in the National League – supported their starter, the left-hander Eric Lauer, with 15 hits, who limited his previous team to just one run, and five hits in six innings, so that for the second night In a row, a former Padres pitcher for the Brewers will stand out.
Thursday was the case for Colin Rea, who was solid through the five and two-thirds innings he worked in a 4-3, ten-inning win.
Lauer (2-1) was selected by the Padres in the first round of the 2016 draft, making his major league debut in 2018. He was traded to the Brewers along with Luis Urías on Nov. 27, 2019, in exchange for by Trent Grisham, and Zach Davies.
Bryse Wilson pitched the last three innings for his second save.
In the fifth inning, Rowdy Tellez hit Michael Wacha (2-1) with his first home run into deep center field to give the Brewers a 6-0 lead. The second homer went for three runs, with a monstrous contact off Colombian Nabil Crismatt, sending the ball into the seats located between the center field and the right field.
It was Tellez’s fifth home run of the season, and he increased the lead to 10-1.
Wacha allowed seven runs and 11 hits in 4 1/3 innings.
For the Brewers, Willy Adames went 3-2 with three runs scored and one RBI. Venezuelan William Contreras 3-1 with a run scored. Mexican Tellez 5-2 with two runs scored and four RBIs.
For the Padres, the Dominicans Manny Machado 2-1, Juan Soto 3-0, Nelson Cruz 4-1. Venezuelans Rougned Odor 1-1 with an RBI, José Azocar 4-2 with a run scored.
